conicopolyn.
/ˌkɒnᵻˈkɒpəli/, /ˌkɒnᵻˈkɒpəlʌɪ/, U.S. /ˌkɑnəˈkɑpəli/, /ˌkɑnəˈkɑpəˌlaɪ/, Indian English /ˌkɔnᵻˈkɔpəli/ Anglo-Indian.
In southern India: an Indian clerk or writer.
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society > communication > writing > writer > [noun] > professional writer
writereOE
bookerOE
markerOE
scrivein?1208
scrivener1218
scrieverc1425
pen-clerk?c1430
scribe1435
scrivan1511
penman1552
scrivano1581
feather-driver1593
scriptora1600
Khoja1625
quill man1648
conicopoly1680
quill-driver1700
escrivain1744
sirkar1828
penworker1876
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > [noun] > clerical
clerk1512
underwriter1654
conicopoly1680
karkun1803
babu1823
pen-pusher1875
pencil pusher1881
mabalane1925
paper-pusher1942
1680 Govt. Rec. Fort St. George 21 Sept. iii. 34 in Y. Suppl. The Governour..went the circuit of Madras ground, which was described by the Cancoply of the grounds, and lyes so intermixed with others..that 'tis impossible to be knowne to any others.
1711 A. W. Boehm tr. in Propagation Gospel in East: Pt. II (ed. 2) ix. 55 We maintain Seven Kanakappel, or Malabarick writers.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 549 The conicopoly, to keep the accounts of the village.
1872 H. J. Coleridge Xavier's Life II. 24 You must appoint in each village or station fitting teachers and Canacopoly, as we have already arranged.
1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson 246/2 Conicopoly, in Madras, a native clerk or writer,..in particular a shipping clerk.
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